| Course title | |||||
| 熱物理学入門 [Introduction to Thermal Physics] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 0.5 | ||
| Department | Year | ～ | Semester | Spring | |
| Course type | Spring | Course code | 96323 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 高栁 正夫 [TAKAYANAGI Masao] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Organization for the Advancement of Education and Global Learning | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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Nov, 2, 2023 (Thu) 10:00 - The 2nd meeting room, 4th floor, Main building of United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, TUAT In this class, we learn how Japanese people have changed natural vegetation for agriculture and forestry, and how sustainable use of natural resources in farm woodland have maintained biodiversity of agricultural landscapes in Japan. Finally, we will visit the Sengen-yama hill near the TUAT campus, where we can see the semi-natural forest originated from farm woodland. |
| Expected Learning |
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・Understanding of the relationship between vegetation and natural resource use in agriculture. ・Understanding of the conservation value of secondary vegetation and current situation |
| Course schedule |
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Lecture: 1. Impact of human activity on vegetation 2. Natural resource use of farm forests in Musashino area 3. Biodiversity of farm forests and its conservation Field observation: 4. Farm forest vegetation of the Sengen-yama hill* *a 20-minute walk from the TUAT campus. |
| Prerequisites |
| By using distributed materials, self-studies will be conducted before and after the lecture |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Handouts will be provided in class. |
| References |
| “Vegetation Management” T. Hukusima ed. (2005) Asakura-shoten. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| We will assess based on the performance in lecture (50%) and report (50%) |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| I hope students to have an interest in the relation between vegetation and human activity to realize sustainable agriculture. |
| Course keywords |
| Semi-natural vegetation, farm forest, natural resource management, Biodiversity conservation |
| Office hours |
| Question during and after the lecture is acceptable. |
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| Last update |
| 2/2/2023 4:58:09 PM |